Look, I know it’s hard for bands to hang onto their glory days. But for the life of me, I don’t know why anyone would want to subject themselves to this. Have you seen this video of Van Halen ruining “Jump” at the Greensboro stop on their 2007 tour? Maybe you need a reminder—take a listen. It is the WORST thing you will ever see and hear.
The painfully out-of-tune guitar and backing track are only part of the problem. Take a look at the four-minute mark and tell me what David Lee Roth is doing. Seriously. What is David Lee Roth doing??
Agh. This makes me miss Gary Cherone. And don’t get me started on poor Michael Anthony.
End Hits: Don’t finish what ya started.
They should be stopped.
Aww Ned, you know you want your own inflatable microphone to bounce around on.
Or, at the beach, etc. The possibilities are endless.
For highly unfortunate reasons that I won’t go into, I actually saw Van Halen when Gary Cherone was the lead singer. Words that I use to describe that experience include “sad,” “uninspiring,” “depressing,” “bedraggled,” “pathetic,” “hugely stupid,” “waste of fucking money,” and “bar none the worst concert-going experience of my entire life and I’m even including all those painful, wince-inducing, hippie-strewn open mic nights I went to when I lived in Eugene.”
Lunging about on stage, Van Halen didn’t look like rock ‘n roll party dudes. They looked like someone’s dad trying to dance.
Also: poor Michael Anthony.
“Jump” could be very dangerous for those brittle, elderly bones.
Yuck.
They should be detained indefinitely.
It’s not really a reunion without Michael Anthony anyway. Wolfbait sucks.
If King Kong had appeared and beaten the four of them to death with that giant microphone it might’ve at least been worth the hundred bucks that some of those sorry suckers in the audience paid.
David Lee Roth walks like he’s got poop in his depends.
This could not be better if it was one of those “shredding” videos. Amazing! This has changed my life.
Fuck you all… These guys have more talent in their stool softened shit (yeah they are getting old) than any of your current, no talent fucks you call musicians today. Everyone has a bad day, and of course the hetero-haters at this fish wrapper would find it. I guarantee you there’s no cum-gargling, Glee watching reviewers out there that would disagree.